[MLS REWIND: Week 11] New York and Houston posted wins to take over as joint leaders of the Eastern Conference, the Quakes
pulled off yet another late-game rescue and downed Toronto, Seattle captured a badly needed road win at Kansas City after losing its backup goalkeeper to a red card, and the misery continues for D.C.
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EASTERN LEADERS EDGE CLEAR.Will Bruin played a part in all four goals in a 4-0 thumping at a
rainy RFK Stadium as United’s losing streak ran to five games. Bruin converted a feed from Oscar Boniek Garcia in the 16th minute, then intercepted a poor clearance from D.C.
keeper Bill Hamid and fed it to Gilles Barnes to double the lead. Bruin knocked home a header from Brian Ching in the 78th minute, and provided a
chance that Andrew Driver stuck home in the final minutes.

Said United head coach Ben Olsen to mlssoccer.com: “Is my job on the line? It better
be.”

New York won its fourth straight and kept pace with Houston atop the Eastern Conference with a 2-1 home defeat of MontreaL. Thierry Henry’s two goals
included a spectacular overhead kick in the 88th minute that proved to be the winner, as Marco di Vaio scored for the Impact in the second minute of stoppage time and nearly struck
again on a shot that hit both posts as the referee blew his whistle for offside.

NO ROAD WOES FOR RSL AND SEATTLE. Of the six Wednesday games, two
were won by the away teams, and the more impressive was the Sounders’ 1-0 win that banged another dent into SKC’s record at Sporting Park.

Djimi Traore scored
in the 94th minute to hand SKC its second loss in the last three home games: it fell to Portland, 3-2, April 27. SKC fans cheered the return of Kei Kamara, who returned from his loan
spell at Norwich City to enter as a sub in the 73rd minute. But the night belonged to the Sounders, which were stripped of backup keeper Marcus Hahnemann when he was dismissed for
foul and abusive language – from the bench – but still got their second road win of the season. They are still looking for that first home victory, however.

Real Salt Lake
rallied for a 2-1 win at New England when a pair of newcomers hit the net and reliable goalkeeper Nick Rimando saved a penalty kick in stoppage time. Devon Sandoval
and Olmes Garcia scored to overturn an opening goal by Ryan Guy, and Rimando repelled Saer Sene’s PK awarded via a controversial handball
decision in the 91st minute. Rimando is the all-time top PK keeper in league history, with a mark of 19-for-60 (31.7 percent) in kicks not converted.

TIMBERS
TIE AGAIN. It’s nearly impossible to tie your way into the playoffs, but Portland (3-1-6) is giving a real effort. It secured a 1-1 tie at FC Dallas Stadium thanks to a Darlington
Nagbe goal yet once again squandered a lead while doing so. Kenny Cooper’s penalty kick enabled FCD to preserve its unbeaten record at home, though the result snapped
its five-game win skein. The Timbers, which won only one road game all of last season, so far this year have one win and three ties away from Jeld-Wen Field.

TFC SHAKEN BY QUAKES. A relatively early late goal, by Chris Wondolowski in the 81st minute, earned San Jose a 2-1 home triumph over TFC, which had taken a lead in
the 14th minute on Justin Braun’s fifth career goal against the Quakes. Wondo set up rookie Adam Jahn to score his fourth goal by knocking on a throw-in, then
got his knee to a Walter Martinez flick to nail the winner. Late-game collapses continue to plague Toronto: it has conceded seven goals in the final 15 minutes of games in 2013.